Partition assembly for shipping cases



Jan. l0, i939. w, WEIDMAN i PARTITION ASSEMBLY FOR SHIPPING CASES Filed Nov. 21, 1933 Patented Jan. lo, 1939 2,143,638

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,143,638 PARTITIN ASSEMBLY FOR SHIPPING CASES Walter Weidman, Grosse Pointe Village, Mich. Application November 21, 1933, Serial No. 698,984 Claims. (Cl. 20S-62) My invention relates to a new and useful imwith a packing case having opposite side Walls provement in a partition for shipping cases, l2 and I3, and end wall I4 and l5. The partition adapted for use in cases in which a number of embodies a supporting body or plate i6 which loose parts are to be packed for shipping, and may be formed from cardboard, fibre paper,

5 which parts it is desired to maintain in separated wood or any other suitable material. Secured 5 relation so as to prevent contact of 'the parts to the supporting plate I6 at spaced intervals are with each other whereby to eliminate the possithe dividing plates l1 which have the ends I8 bility of marring or damaging the surfaces of and I9 turned outwardly from the face of the the same. supporting plate l5 to form a substantially U 10 The invention is particularly adapted for use shaped structure. These dividing strips I1 may 10 in connection with shipping cases in which panels, be secured to the supporting plate i6 in any Window frames, windshields and similar articles suitable manner. I have illustrated the same, are shipped. however, secured thereto by staples 2li. In use,

It is an object of the present invention to prothe partition is positioned as illustrated, two of l5 vide a shipping case partition structure which the partitions being used in each packing case. 15 may be easily and quickly positioned in the ship- One of the partitions is positioned with the supping case and removed therefrom, and which porting plate I6 in engagement with the wall i3 will occupy a minimum of space, while affording and the other is positioned With the SuDpOFting secure and safe means for maintaining the Plate irl engagement With the Wall i2. The mashipped articles in spaced relation to each other terial to be packed is illustrated in the form of 20 and free from unwanted contact which might plates 01 panels 2L It Will be nOed that on injure their surfaces, as well as cushioning the Oile Of the Supporting plates i6, the endmOSt pal"- shipped article against shocks. tition member A is located so as to terminate it is another object oi the invention to provide flush with the end of the board it. At the Oppoa shipping case partition in which a plurality of Site end, the bOeTd 01 SUDPOltihg plete i5 termi- 25 separating members may project outwardly from hates free from any dividing members so'that one face of a supporting body. a portion of this board projects beyond the end- Another object of the invention is the provimost of the dividing members. The Complesion of a partition of this class which Will be mentari partition iS reversed eS t0 DOSitiOIl in simple in structure, economical of manufacture, this regard, and the diVfiilg member B iS pOSi- 30 durable, easily and quickly assembled, easily and tioned at the end 0f its Supporting board so that quickly placed in position in the packing case the Outwardly DTOieCting free end 0f this S11p' and removed therefrom, and of slight weight. porting beard lieS OIJDOSite t0 the dividing memotrier objects will appear hereinafter. ber A- This Causes a non-alignment of the The invention consists in the combination and dividing members 0n the Opposite partitions 35 arrangement of parts hereinafter described and Which are Complementary t0 each Other so that claimed. the plate or panel 2l engages at one of its edges The invention will be best understood by a between a pair 0f legs i3 and I9 and at the other reference to the accompanying drawing which edge between a Deir 0f the Strips il. This arforms a part of this specicatioh, and in which, rangement iS Sllh that While the members 2l 40 Fig. l is a perspective view of a packing case are maintained in spaced relation and prevented Showing the invention applied. from contacting with each other, a minimum Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2--2 ameuht Of Space iS COIiSumedof Fig. 1. In the various forms illustrated in Figs. 3, 4 Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a modified form and 5, the partitions are used in complementary 45 of partition. pairs as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a further modi- The form of partition illustrated in Fig. 3 is lied form of partition. exactly the same as illustrated in Fig. l and Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is a perspective view` of a further modiexcept that the supporting plate is eliminated and ediorm of` partition. a pair of supportingstrips 22 and 23 are substi- 50 Fig. 6 is a perspective View showing a further tuted therefor. This construction differs from modified form of partition in use. the construction shown. in Fig. l and Fig. 2 only Fig. Fis a fragmentary plan view of a portionl that the central part of the supporting plate is of the supporting plate used in Fig. 6. eliminated so as to save in material and reduce 1n Fig. l I have illustrated the invention used the weight. 55

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a partition formed preferably from a single sheet of material in which a back or supporting plate 24 is provided. The strip of material from which it is made is doubled upon itself at one end, and this doubled over portion is doubled upon itself to provide a plurality of spaced channels 25 which are substantially U shaped in cross section. This construction Will, of course, space the plates packed in the case farther apart, but the Width of the spacing member 25 will also accommodate projections which may be found on the ends of the plates packed therein.

In Fig. 5 the structure is similar to that shown inA Fig. 3 excepting that instead of securing the strips 26, which correspond to the strip l' shown in Fig. l or the strip ii' shown in Fig. 2, to the supporting members 22 and 23', I provide slits 21 through which the supporting members 22 and 23 are slidably projected. While this does not form as rigid a structure as that shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 or Fig. 4, it provides a structure sufliciently rigid for the purposes intended while at the same time the members 2t may be adjusted to various Widths of spacing as indicated in Fig. 5, thus affording a packing case partition adapted for use on articles of various kinds.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated a form of partition which is adapted for use with packing cases in which U shaped or L shaped articles are packed. In Fig. 6 I have illustrated the invention used in packing the U shaped article having the bight 28 and the legs 2Q and 3:3. In the same casing I have illustrated the U shaped member comprising the bight Si and the legs 32 and 33. The separating members comprise the U shaped bodies 313. Interlocking with these separating members is the supporting body 35 having the slits 35 formed inwardly from one end cooperating with similar slits formed inwardly from the opposite end of the strips 315. On one end of the supporting body 35 is a flap 3B and on the partition C this iiap 3S is positioned at the top while on the partition D this flap is positioned on the bottom. The construction is such that the U shaped member embodying the bight 3i has its leg 32 engaging in the channel 3S and its opposite leg engaging between the free ends of the legs of the oppositely positioned dividing strip Sli. The bight 3i rests upon the iiap 5S. When these U shaped members are packed in this manner so that all of the spaces are lled, the casing it which I have indicated in dotted lines, is inverted and the device packed from the opposite side, in which case the bight 23 overlies the ap 3S on the partition D and the leg 29 engages in the channel 39 of the partition D, while the leg 55S engages between the free ends of the separating members 34 of the partition C. Thus I pack a plurality of U shaped bodies in overlapping relation, spaced from each other, and free from contact with each other. It is obvious that this arrangement permits of a maximum number of articles to be so packed in a minimum amount of space.

With a packing partition constructed and arranged as described, an easy and safe transporting of articles of this class may be effected with a minimum amount of space and weight. It is also believed obvious tht the partitions themselves may be quite economically manufactured.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred forms of structure of my invention, I do not Wish to limit myself to the precise details of structure shown, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modications as may come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination, a packing casehaving oppositely disposed walls; a pair of partition members positioned in said case adjacent the inner surface of each of said Walls, each of said parti- `tions comprising a supporting body and a plurality of channel-shaped spacing members pro-- jecting inwardly from the inner face of said supporting member in spaced relation, the supporting member of one of said partitions projecting beyond the endmost of said dividing members, and the opposite side of the opposite partition projecting beyond its endmost dividing member.

2. A packing case partition of the class described, comprising a plurality of channel forming spacingmembers substantially U shaped in cross section.; and a plurality of supporting strips for supporting said members, said members being slidable on said supporting strips.

3. In combination, a packing case having oppositely disposed walls; a pair of partition members each positioned adjacent the inner surface of one of said walls and each of said partitions comprising a supporting body, a plurality of channel forming spaced separating members projecting inwardly of the casing and a foldablev ap on the end of said supporting body for engagement with the end edges of said separating members, the flap on one of said bodies being positioned at the top and on the other of said bodies on the bottom, said separating members providing chan.- nels in each of said partitions at opposite sides of its supporting bodies.

e. A packing case partition comprising: a plurality of elongated channel-shaped separating members having spaced slots formed in the legs thereof adjacent the bight and an elongated supporting strip projecting through corresponding slots of a plurality of said members for mounting the safe in spaced relation.

5. In combination a packing case having oppositely disposed side Walls and oppositely disposed end Walls; a pair of partition members positioned in said case adjacent the inner surface of each of said side Walls, each of said partitions comprising a supporting body and a plurality of channel-shaped spacing members projecting inwardly from the inner face of said supporting members in spaced relation, the legs of the channel-shaped members on one of the said supporting members being faced toward the legs of the other, the innermost spacing member at one end of said supporting member being positioned with the outer face of its outer leg iiush with the end of the supporting member and the supporting member at the opposite end projecting beyond the endmost spacing member, said supporting members being positioned in said packing case in reversed position relatively to their ends.

WALTER WEIDMAN. 

